- published: 19 Feb 2010
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Alice Springs is the third largest town in the Northern Territory, Australia. Popularly known as "the Alice" or simply "Alice", Alice Springs is situated in the geographic centre of Australia near the southern border of the Northern Territory. The site is known as Mparntwe to its original inhabitants, the Arrernte, who have lived in the Central Australian desert in and around what is now Alice Springs for thousands of years. Alice Springs has a population of 27,481 people, which makes up 12 percent of the territory's population. Alice averages 576 metres (1,890 ft) above sea level;[citation needed] the town is nearly equidistant from Adelaide, South Australia and Darwin.[citation needed]
The town of Alice Springs straddles the usually dry Todd River on the northern side of the MacDonnell Ranges. The region where Alice Springs is located is known as Central Australia, or the Red Centre, and is an arid environment consisting of several different deserts. In Alice Springs, temperatures can vary dramatically with an average maximum temperature in summer of 35.6 °C (96.1 °F), and an average minimum temperature in winter of 5.1 °C (41.2 °F).
Freedom is an illusion generated by your brain
To deadly cut the words to ever explain
And love is the taste you get on the tip of your tongue
Better to have loved and lost
Than to have lived and never loved anyone
I'd stand in the line of fire for you
I'd bend over backwards for you
I'd do anything that you want me to do
'Cause I don't have nothing if I don't have you, my love
And it hurts 'cause it's true
Pain is what keeps your eyes from closing as the night falls
And is you in your sleep and wakes you when it gets light
And sadness is like a wave that sweeps you off your feet
With tears that cut like knives
That are running like rivers down your cheeks
I'd stand in the line of fire for you
I'd bend over backwards for you
I'd do anything that you want me to do
'Cause I don't have nothing if I don't have you, my love
And you have to believe me 'cause it's true
I'd bend over backwards for you
I'd do anything that you want me to do
'Cause I don't have nothing if I don't have you, my love
And it only hurts because it's true
Yeah, it only hurts because it's true
Yeah, it only hurts because it's true
Freedom is an illusion generated by your brain
To deadly cut the words to ever explain
Love is the taste you get on the tip of your tongue
Better to have loved and lost
To live like never loved anyone